Convert .mov to .avi?

I'm trying to convert my movie that I created in iMovie HD into .avi. Is that possible?

Are you trying to compress it? I think you can use the Divx encoder to do that. I am pretty sure you have to pay money for the encoding though

Yeah it is possible. In iMovie choose File | Export | Choose the Quicktime logo | Under the compress movie for settings--chose Expert Settings. After you click 'Share' the SAVE EXPORTED FILE AS dialog box appears. Under Export: choose Movie to AVI.

Best of luck!

Thank you so much

When I convert it to .avi, the movie is very pixely, how can I improve the quality of the movie?

It's probably the way the .mov was compressed. You are effectively double-compressing it, so if it came from a consumer-standard format such as MiniDV in the first place, it will not retain much quality after a couple of compressions. Can you get back to the original edit before it was exported as .mov? Also, check the output settings when exporting from iMovie.

yea, I still have it as a .dv in iMovie, what would be the best way to compress it so that it doesn't look bad? this video is going to be blown up to a huge auditorium screen and I need it to look good on that screen, and it will probably be playing on a windows machine. I tried .wmv, but it only converts like the first 30 sec. of the movie, any ideas why it does that?

I would use the mpeg-4 and go under the options to adjust the screen size as needed. I would guess that your video appears to be pixelated because of the screen size that was chosen. Best of luck...